Both the BJP workers and supporters in Bengal feel let down. As hundreds of families from Murshidabad fled across the Bhagirathi River, non-Bhadralok Hindus had no one to turn to.
It’s as if a 90 per cent Muslim-majority country is telling itself it has no responsibility toward those who live differently, pray differently. And that’s the part that stays with me.
Yunus’s press secretary had rejected attempts to link Bangladesh to the communal violence. In a sharp rebuttal, the MEA called the remarks ‘unwarranted’.
The communal violence, ignited in the wake of a new Waqf law, has left a trail of destruction. Several families crossed the Ganga in boats and found shelter in a school.
RSS, Ramakrishna Mission & Bharat Sevashram Sangha are conducting relief efforts for the displaced at a relief camp on a school compound in the neighbouring Malda district of West Bengal.
Most shops, commercial establishments, schools & colleges remain shut in Jafrabad. Local residents remain anxious & fearful of fresh attacks once media & cops leave their area.
The district magistrate’s vehicle was attacked by a mob Monday after unrest over the weekend. Prohibitory orders extended in Murshidabad district as internet services remain suspended.
BJP MLA from Murshidabad Gouri Sankar Ghosh joins MPs Nishikant Dubey and Anant Maharaj in demanding bifurcation while the party has officially distanced itself from demand.
TMC’s Yusuf Pathan is pitted against 5-time Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Murshidabad’s Berhampore. TMC is banking on Muslim identity and cricket fame to shift fortunes.
The main enemies of grassroots vigilance are personality cult, loyalty to party 'high command', sycophancy and a controlled economy where permit-licence is a pre-condition to economic survival, Minoo Masani wrote in 1989.
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
A watered down report on the riots that attempts to portray both communities as equal victims.
Everyone knows what transpired in Jafrabad.
Islamist radicals, under the patronage of Mamata Banerjee administration, were let loose on innocent Hindus. The Bengal government, especially the police force, worked in tandem with the Muslim fundamentalists and targeted Hindu homes and businesses.
Mr. Roy Barman, dyed-in-the-wool “secular” journalist that he is, obviously tries to paint a picture where both communities are equal victims. Also, he tries to convince us that the Muslim youth of the nearby localities are actually innocent.
A watered down report on the riots that attempts to portray both communities as equal victims.
Everyone knows what transpired in Jafrabad.
Islamist radicals, under the patronage of Mamata Banerjee administration, were let loose on innocent Hindus. The Bengal government, especially the police force, worked in tandem with the Muslim fundamentalists and targeted Hindu homes and businesses.
Mr. Roy Barman, dyed-in-the-wool “secular” journalist that he is, obviously tries to paint a picture where both communities are equal victims. Also, he tries to convince us that the Muslim youth of the nearby localities are actually innocent.